The Sheila Truman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sheila Truman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sheila Truman Charitable Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £18k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £30k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sheila Truman Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lions Club of Plymouth (CIO) (£30k), Poor's Allotment or Ling Heath Charity (£30k) and Wrington Minibus Society CIO (£30k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.